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Ideals of feminine beauty: neck rings, bridal tattoos, fat farms
by Brittany Gasper “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” Despite misquotation, Plato famously spoke of the inability to define beauty. A woman’s culture declares the ideals of her beauty to the point...
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Ann Romney discusses Mitt's erectile dysfunction
I don’t know if this is some kind of bizarre ploy to lure the female vote or what, but personally I find would-be First Lady Ann Romney’s outing of her husband’s impotency to be wildly inappropriate,...
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The onanical double standard
For women, masturbation is viewed as liberating; for men, a loser's game.
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Hank Haney's 'The Big Miss' is just that: Nothing new about Tiger Woods
by Chip Ainsworth A good nonfiction sports book is hard to find because most authors tend to put athletes on a pedestal. There are exceptions, such as Robert Creamer’s biography of Babe Ruth and Pat...
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Elections are educational! 14 things we wouldn't have known without Campaign...
Everybody seems to be so negative about campaign season. They hate the ads, they hate the mudslinging, they hate the lying, they hate the candidates. Not me – I LOVE campaign season. Why? Because it’s...
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It’s the end of the world: how will you spend it?
As you probably already know, the world ends tomorrow. If you didn’t know this, you might want to Google “Mayan calendar” and start getting right with Jesus. Anyhow, the end of the world is a pretty...
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Urgent: stand up for a rapist’s right to choose [trigger warning, as if...
The Sanctity of Human Life Act is back. In a new year only 3 days old at the time, Rep. Paul Ryan, fresh from seeing his chances at VP aborted, wasted no time trying to breathe life back into the...
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What do women not want from men?
Often, the evidence suggests, sex in long-term relationships. What most people know about Sigmund Freud could fit on the head of a penis. But many are familiar with his late-life lament: “What does...
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Pro-Life vs. Pro-Birth
I’ve gotten called some awful things when I tell people that I’m both a practicing Catholic and an advocate for women’s choice – from baby killer to hypocrite. But hear me out. I was raised with a...
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SnapChatting around the issues
In the aftermath of Anthony Weiner’s most recent sexting scandal, I keep hearing this argument for better technology from pundits and late night hosts. Something along the lines of “Why didn’t he just...
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Slut-shaming quantified: science catches up with female power
Fellow Scrogue Russ Wellen called our attention to an article in the New York Times, “A Cold War Fought by Women,” about research by Dr. Sarah Hrdy that quantifies female competition and aggression....
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Christine de Pizan – and whatever medieval feminism is…
Maybe feminism isn’t all that recent as a social movement – or, “we built this city on women’s roles…” One of the tendencies of modern scholarship has been to “re-interpret” texts from other historical...
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Life with her: a wedding poem
This could be about any marriage. It just happens to be about mine… After 14 years of marriage I wish I could say that we made each other breakfast in bed or that she bought me a fob chain and …...
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Why can’t you ladyfolk be nicer when explaining feminism to us? [trigger...
A personal perspective from the front lines of the war on women Oh. I see. Share this if you get it. Source: name withheld for safety In the quote that follows, “I Blame the Patriarchy” blogger Twisty...
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Glenn Beck might be available for your call. Don’t delay. Dial now.*
Is there a word for espousing the practice of fine points of faith while breaking with the key themes? 888-727-BECK I realize my views on the following topic may well be considered heretical. I’m okay...
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The Venereal Game: or, you don’t have a dirty mind, do you…?
James Lipton’s book on venery is about as much fun as one can have with words. I’m back to the 2014 reading list with a book I picked up at my favorite used book shop – this one about as … Continue...
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Book Review: The Day the Mirror Cried by Saundra Kelley
An interesting olio of tales, vignettes, and short stories with poetry used as a gloss…Kelley’s collection offers nods to Faulkner, Capote, O’Connor, and other Southern legends…. Saundra Kelley’s new...
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